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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1866/Add.2 
30 September 2009  
 (09-4587) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 24 Se ptember 2009, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of United States
. 
 
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Final rule:  Technical Amendment; Importation of  Sweet Oranges and Grapefruit from Chile (APHIS-
2007-0115)  
 
In a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on 7 April 2009, and effective on 
7 May 2009, the Animal and Plant Health Inspec tion Service (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture amended the fruits a nd vegetables regulations to allow the importation of sweet oranges 
and grapefruit from Chile into the continental Unite d States.  However, in making this change, we 
inadvertently amended the regulations to restrict  the importation of clementines, mandarins, and 
tangerines from Chile to the continental United States and Hawaii, when in fact those fruits had been 
eligible for importation into the entire United St ates, including the territories.  This technical 
amendment is necessary to correct that error and is effective 10 September 2009. 
   This Technical Amendment is available in E nglish at:  Federal Register:  10 September 2009 
(Volume 74, Number 174) Notices Page 46489.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "46489" in the search 
box (with quotation marks). 
 
 This action is subsequent to a final rule published in the Federal Register on 7 April 2009 
(2009 FR Volume 74, Number 65, Pages 15635-15640, Docket No. APHIS–2007–0115), in which APHIS announced it was amending the fruits and vege tables regulations to allow the importation, 
under certain conditions, of sweet oranges and gr apefruit from Chile into the continental United 
States, effective 7 May 2009.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "15635" in the search 
box (with quotation marks)).  
This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments  [   ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [ X ] Other:  Technical ammendment in final rule 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
 [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 For further information contact: Mr. David Lamb, Im port Specialist, Risk Management and Plants for 
Planting Policy, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +1 (301) 734-
0627   Text available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail :  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
 
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